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19 January 2013 • 08:30 AMT
Paper: Syunik province to let on lease pasture to Iran?

In the framework of Armenian-Iranian cooperation deal, Syunik province will let on lease pasture to Iran, Zhoghovurd daily reported.

19 January 2013 • 08:05 AMT
Paper says RPA sends negotiators to presidential hopefuls

The Republican Party of Armenia is sending negotiators to presidential hopefuls, urging them to conduct civil polls.

19 January 2013 • 07:44 AMT
U.S. Federal Reserve ‘may have underestimated’ 2007 crisis

The documents suggested Fed Governor Ben Bernanke wanted to hold off from addressing rising panic in the markets.

19 January 2013 • 07:06 AMT
Pakistan may free more Afghan militant detainees

Kabul has been pressing its neighbor to release more prisoners they hope would bring the Taliban to the negotiating table.

19 January 2013 • 06:45 AMT
Palestinian activists erect new tent outpost near Jerusalem

The IDF denied the report, saying that the checkpoint had not been closed and that entrance to Beit Iksa remains open.

19 January 2013 • 06:39 AMT
18 people posing as TV journalists jailed for 30 years in Nicaragua

A judge in Managua found them guilty of money-laundering and organizing a drug link between Mexico and Costa Rica.

19 January 2013 • 06:33 AMT
Pandora users create over 1.6 billion stations in 2012

In response, Pandora detailed the compensation for several artists who are highly compensated on the service.

19 January 2013 • 06:26 AMT
Bieber’s mother produces anti-abortion short film

The pop star’s mother has written and spoken extensively about the addiction and abuse that led to her teenage pregnancy.

19 January 2013 • 06:17 AMT
NASA beams Mona Lisa image to the Moon

The LOLA team was able to transmit the image “at a data rate of about 300 bits per second,” NASA said.

19 January 2013 • 06:03 AMT
Honda recalls 835,000 vehicles over airbag problem

The airbags are at risk for deployment due to missing rivets that are designed to keep the airbag’s cover in place.

19 January 2013 • 05:51 AMT
U.S., China agree on UN resolution slamming N. Korea rocket launch

The resolution would not impose new sanctions, but would call for expanding existing UN sanctions measures against Pyongyang.

19 January 2013 • 05:37 AMT
Database of world’s deadliest volcanoes available

“The long-term goal of this project is to have a global source of freely available information on volcanic hazards,” Sparks said.

19 January 2013 • 05:29 AMT
ANCA launches webmail campaign for Genocide recognition

Armenia and all the world are less safe today as a result of the terrible precedent of a genocide committed with impunity.

19 January 2013 • 05:20 AMT
Boeing stops 787 deliveries until battery problem is solved

This week the battery on an All Nippon Airways 787 overheated in flight, prompting an emergency landing.

18 January 2013 • 18:27 AMT
Heathrow Airport cancels over 400 flights

“Obviously, the snow is affecting the whole country and it just means there’s a knock-on effect here,” the spokesman said.

18 January 2013 • 17:24 AMT
RPA rep: Heritage leader’s challenge for TV debate not discussed

Eduard Sharmazanov commented on Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannissian’s remarks at Dec 18 press conference.

18 January 2013 • 17:11 AMT
Armenia’s Red Book available in electronic version

Minister of Nature Protection highly assessed the contribution of Institute of Biology to the development of the field.

18 January 2013 • 16:20 AMT
Armed forces military-medical department chief dismissed from post

Armenian defense Minister signed a decree to relieve chief of RA armed forces military-medical department of duty.

18 January 2013 • 16:05 AMT
CIS Interparliamentary Assembly observers to visit Armenia

The group will be headed by Moldovan MP Alexander Stoyanoglo and head of IPA CIS Council Secretariat Alexey Sergeev.

18 January 2013 • 15:31 AMT
Armenian women’s chess championship round 6 pairings announced

Anna Hayrapetyan will face off against Siranush Andriasyan in Armenian women’s chess championship round 6.

18 January 2013 • 15:19 AMT
Artsakh leader congratulates judges on professional holiday

Bako Sahakyan described the judicial power as one of the most significant institutions of the democratic system.

18 January 2013 • 15:14 AMT
Armenian presidential candidate to go on hunger strike

CEC head noted that the administrative bodies are authorized to fulfill all of the functions, listed in RA Constitution.

18 January 2013 • 14:32 AMT
Book about Nagorno Karabakh available in Turkish

Tatul Hakobyan’s “Karabakh Diary, Green and Black” book has been published in Turkish in several hundred copies.

18 January 2013 • 14:18 AMT
Levon Aronian to face Peter Leko in Peter Leko round 6

Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin gained 3.5 points each to lead Tata Steel 2013.

18 January 2013 • 14:06 AMT
Armenia not against Russia’s radar station construction in its territory

Military expert Davit Jamalyan described possible construction of a new radar station in Armenia as unrealistic.

18 January 2013 • 14:00 AMT
Archaeologists believe there are no WWII Spitfires in Burma

David Cundall has collected eyewitness accounts from American and British service personnel as well as local people.

18 January 2013 • 13:44 AMT
Sergei Movsesian currently 3rd at Tata Steel 2013 tournament B

Grigor-Sevak Mkhitarian (Brazil) tied a game against Ukraine’s Alexander Kovchan to take the 3rd spot with 3 points.

18 January 2013 • 13:38 AMT
Gunmen ambush Lebanese minister’s convoy

The attack coincided with a weekly protest demanding the release of several Islamists detained in Lebanese prisons.

18 January 2013 • 13:35 AMT
Israeli politician says operation in Iran would be declaration of war

Yisrael Hasson, a representative of Kadima party in the Israeli parliament, said his party would be the balancing factor.

18 January 2013 • 13:30 AMT
Juno Temple, Michael Angarano in “Brass Teapot” dark comedy trailer

A young married couple come into possession of a mysterious teapot that dispenses money whenever the owners hurt themselves.